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No. 625,438. Patented May 23, I899. m. B. EATON.

TRACK CLEARER.

(Application filed Oct.'27, 1898.)

(N0 Model.)

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MATTHIAS B. EATON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES C.CAMERON, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

TRACK-CLEARER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,438, dated. May 23,1899.

4 Application filed October 27,1898. Serial No. 694 660. (N0 model.)

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Be it known that I, MATTHIAs B. EATON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-(hearers andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in track-clearers. Each clearer isdesigned to act whichever way the train is moving. It is designed tothrow all the material which may be on the rail outwardly whichever waythe train is moving. It is also designed to remove what may be in frontof the truck, as well as anything that may happen to be left by thefront cleareror which may fall back upon the rail after the trucks havepassed.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and making a part of thisapplication, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a truck having my improvedclearer attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of theclearer; and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the clearer and asection of the rail, the rail showing in dotted lines.

In said drawings, A represents a truckframe, and B the trucks. Theclearer consists of the supporting-bar O, secured to the truckframe bymeans of bolts 1). The clearerproper is made integral with thesupporting-bar and consists of a double moldboard E, having a commonouter edge E, which extends at right angles to the track and at thebottom lies beyond the outside of the rail. The back edges F of themoldboard extend beyond the inside of the track, as indicated in Fig. 3.The

clearer extends down to a point near the top surface of the rail, thusextending from a point inside the rail to a point outside thereof tocompletely clear the way for the trucks.

The advantages of my improved clearer are that the first one removes thesnow or other material from the rail in front of the trucks, and thesecond one, attached to the rear of the truck-frame, removes anymaterial that may chance to fall back on the rail after the truck haspassed, thus making the complete removal of the snow or otherobstruction doubly certain. Another advantage is that each cleareroperates whichever direction the train is moving.

Myimproved clearer may be applied to the trucks of snow-plows, engines,or cars.

Having thus described my invention and its use, I claim 1. Atrack-clearer having a double moldboard and a common edge, said commonedge extending outside the rail and said moldboards extending diagonallyacross the rail, whereby each moldboard throws outside the rail, andmeans for securing said clearer to the truck-frame.

2. A track-clearer having a double moldboard and a common edge, saidcommon edge extending beyond the outside edge of the rail and the heelof both moldboards extending beyond the inside edge of the rail, andmeans for securing said clearer to the truck-frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 12th day of October, 1898.

HATTHIAS B. EATON. IVitnesses:

ELGIN C. VERRILL, WILLIAM H. CLIFFORD, Jr.

